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Asked: 2026-05-11T06:28:33+00:00

I am attempting to select a distinct list where duplicates are created over several

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I am attempting to select a distinct list where duplicates are created over several fields. For example, 

SELECT tablename.field1Date,         tablename.field2Number,         tablename.field3Text  FROM tablename;

Would select duplicating records over the date, number and text fields respectively.

Now, when I select distinct records to provide what I am looking for, the performance seems to decrease dramatically. 

SELECT DISTINCT tablename.field1Date,                 tablename.field2Number,                  tablename.field3Text  FROM tablename;

Is there any known reasons for this? I must admit I am using MS Access 2003 which may be the issue.

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  1. Yes, basically it has to sort the results and then re-processed to eliminate the duplicates. This cull could also be being done during the sort, but we can only speculate as to how exactly the code works in the background. You could try and improve the performance by creating an index composed of all three (3) fields.

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